Chaitanya century goes in vain as Balaaji carve out a two-wicket win over Central Excise

Y Chaitanya Krishna’s century went in vain as Central Excise lost to Balaaji by two wickets in the HCA A Division T20 League-cum-knock-out tournament in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Batting first, Central Excise ran up a mammoth 245 for six with Chaitanya Krishna getting a 48-ball 104 with nine fours and nine sixes. He was ably supported by M Jashwanth who made 89.

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However, Balaaji batters were well up to the task as they replied with 249 for eight. Paras Raj made 59 and Hrishikesh Simha got 55 while Shubham Sharma lent the finishing touches with an unbeaten 38. P Saaketh took three for 35 for Central Excise.

Y Chaitanya Krishna got a 48-ball 104 with nine fours and nine sixes but his effort went in vain as Central Excise lost to Balaaji by two wickets in the HCA A Division T20 tournament

Hyderabad  Bottling edge Deccan Chronicle in Super Over

In another match, Hyderabad Bottling edged Deccan Chronicle in the Super Over after both teams were tied. In the Super Over, Hyderabad Bottling made 16 for two in their one over and then restricted Deccan Chronicle to eight without loss.

Earlier, Deccan Chronicle made 205 for six with M Pratyush Kumar scoring 45 and CV Milind making an unbeaten 43. A Vidyananda Reddy took three for 35.

In reply, Hyderabad Bottling too made 205 but lost seven wickets. K Himateja topscored with 74 and Pranav Suryadevara made 67. CV Milind took three wickets for 36 for Deccan Chronicle.

Half-centuries from A Jai Ram Kashyap, Yash Gupta and Alankrit Agarwal helped Budding Stars score a 58-run win over Gemini Friends.

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Batting first, Budding Stars ran up 227 for four with Kashyap scoring 75, Yash 52 and Alankrit getting an unbeaten 52.

In reply, Gemini Friends were restricted to 169 for nine in 20 overs with C Aaditya Reddy taking three for 43.

Ambadi Jayasuriya scored a half-century, but it was not enough as Imperial went down to Evergreen by 36 runs. Evergreen made 200 for six with Ishan Sharma scoring 67, while Sai Vikas Reddy got 45 and Chandan Sahani 43. Ashwad Rajiv took three for 42 for Imperial. In reply, Jayasuriya made 74 but Imperial were restricted to 164 for eight.

Sai Purnanad Rao and Abhirath Reddy hit half-centuries to set up Jai Hanuman’s 26-run win over Charminar. Sai made 75 and Abhirath got 54 as Jai Hanuman scored 214 for five. In reply, Charminar were restricted 188 for six.

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Brief scores: Deccan Chronicle 205/6 in 20 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 32, Ali Kachichhi 39, M Pratyush Kumar 45, CV Milind 43no, A Vidyananda Reddy 3/35) tied with Hyderabad Bottling 205/7 in 20 overs (Pranav Suryadevara 67, K Himateja 74, CV Milind 3/36). Super Over: Hyderabad Bottling 16/2 in 1 over beat Deccan Chronicle 8/0 in 1 over.

Central Excise 245/6 in 20 overs (M Jashwanth 89, Y Chaitanya Krishna 104) lost to Balaaji 249/8 in 20 overs (Hrishikesh Simha 55, Paras Raj 59, Shubham Sharma 38no, P Saaketh 3/35).

Deccan Wanderers 203/7 in 20 overs (P Nitish Reddy 43, Harshit Choudhary 34, S Dheeraj Goud 51no) beat R Dayanand 194/5 in 20 overs (Raghava Pattapu 50, Naman Agarwal 55, T Ravi Teja 42, Ashish Srivastava 3/18).

Budding Stars 227/4 in 20 overs (A Jai Ram Kashyap 75, Yash Gupta 52, Alankrit Agarwal 52no) beat Gemini Friends 169/9 in 20 overs (Aditya Javvaji 36, Chirag Yadav 31, C Aaditya Reddy 3/43).

Evergreen 200/6 in 20 overs (Sai Vikas Reddy 45, Ishan Sharma 67, Chandan Sahani 43, Ashwad Rajiv 3/42) beat Imperial 164/8 in 20 overs (Ambadi Jayasuriya 74).

Cambridge XI 173/6 in 20 overs (Rahul Buddhi 50, K Bhagath Varma 82) lost to Combined District -1 175/3 in 18.1 overs (Gnana Prakash Reddy 38, Abdul Rafeay Bin Abdullah 32, TVS Narayan Teja 81).

SBI 151/3 in 18 overs (Danny Derek Prince 48, KSK Chaitanya 44) lost to SCRSA 152/2 in 16.4 overs (C Sai Akshat Goud 81no, Nihaal Reddy 54no).

Jai Hanuman 214/5 in 20 overs (Sai Purnanad Rao 75, Abhirath Reddy 54) beat Charminar 188/6 in 20 overs (Satwik Reddy 43, Bhavesh Seth 39, Syed Ghazi Abbas 32).

Combined District-2 130 in 19.4 overs (Tarun Rajan 3/13) lost to UBI 134/6 in 16.3 overs (Alakrith Rapole 77).